"Union Pacific men report that their
Entered at the Ptofce at The Dalle, Oregon, j dalles boats are djing a largely increased
as sceoni-cUn matter. s business oit account of their recent cut
"1)1 i lliLt iiiti fXUOD. jaud ls submerging the railroads and
highways. In many parte of the- prov-
: : ; : " ! in passenger . '" rates." The boats are
SUBSCRIPTION rates. j certainly earn ing some fifty cent pas-
BT MAU. (POSTAGE ritKrAID) IS ADVASCB. ." , i ' . ...US-l.
Weekly, 1 year. 1 so ; senge and a little freight part of Which
" 6 months"!" 75 ; at least is practically stolen from the
Ually.Jyew......";!!!!"!.'"!;""!"." 6 oo j people's boats through means that the
" Je"""1''" ', o 50 j uipny'9 agent at Portland best un-
Address all eomraunicaaon to " THE CHROX- j derstand. Quite frequently the Baker's
ICLE," The Dalles. Oregon. , cargo consists of goods plainly addressed
! to the care of The Dalles, Portlaud and
Astoria . Navigation Company. "Mis- i
i kiucd u i til. a jwuv. "lt f
Oklahoma is Visited With a Prairie
Fire Which bestroys Life and a
Lare Amouut of Property.
ince the floods hayo carried away a nuin
ber of telegraph poles, and consequently
communication by means' of wire has
been interrupted. The oliye.corn, grajie
and saffron crops in many parts of the
province of Cindad Real are ruined.
TV, ; .. i .
I iiiciiiM a. ceriuua riotous ugnt yester-
cnnniEnfir
.!- u.... ir. ..i.. tw ti,.. ! day in the town of San Michttl. a prov
uuio u,v,.uUt a,u AU..U- ,nce o Motleiia. between socialists and
sauds of Dollars Damage Not Al
lowed to Help the Poor.
workingmen. Two men were killed nml
eight severely injured. The riots were
subsequently quelled by the police, who
arrested a number of rioters.
Minister Egan Receives a Communica
tion Prom the Chilian Officials,
(ireat Excitement Exists.
It was for Campaign Purposes only
Hard on the Referee Don't Like
Egan.
POKED OFF THE FENCE.
The Sum hus at last comedown off the
fence, and, we regret to say, on the
wrong side. In attempting a practical
defense of the Union Pacific and 51. A.
Moody it has done itself more harm, we
venture to predict, than anything that
ever appeared in the colums of this
journal. Its, double-leaded column in
yesterday's iesne ' fully justifies onr
harge of criminal silence when an issue
vital to every interest of The Dalles and
its vicinity" is at stake. There, is not a
line in that column that does not bear
the collar mark of the Union Pacific and
M. At Moody. If the article means
anything it. means to say : The Union
.Pacific is attempting7 nothing detremin
tal to our interests; it is very wicked to
say that Mr. Moody is allowing himself
. to be used as the company's agent for
the destruction of the peoples' line of
boats; Mt. 3Ioody has a right to do this
if he wants to, it is nobody's business
. and we don't care what he does. In
' God's name then what missions has the
Sun in the field of journalism? Is it to
, draw money for quietly standing by and
. without a protest allow a powerful cor
poration to trample on. the peoples in
' terests? Is it to watch the attempts of
this corooration to drive us back to a
system of freight rates the most exhor
bitant and extorionate that any people
ever tore from a railroad on the Al
mightys footstool and then complacently
- say. as the Suri does; "It is of no conse
quence to this paper 'and it should not
be to others." Is this the mission of .a
newsDADer? Then as we have been a
"failure'' in everything, according to
, the successful editor .' of the Sum, we
have failed to understand the misson of
a-newspaper. But, 'Jit is not prob
. able," says the Sun, "that the Union
Pacific Company is engaged in the pur
chase. of wheat on its own behalf, or
through the-medium of other parties in
this market." As an exact proposition
this may be true or it may not. No one
can tell but the parties concerned.'. This
however is true wheat has been bought
at Rockland for 84g cents a bnsbel when
the extreme1 price in Portland for the
same wheat was 88 cents and the com
pany's rates, 10 25' cents, added to a
- reasosile cost for handling, ferriage
and putting on the cars would make the
same wheat cost the shipper, laid down
in Portland, not less than 97 cents or a
loss of 9 cents a bushel for every' bushel
- so bought and shipped. Even with
wheat bought at 824 cents, the common
' price, there would be a loss of seven
cents a bushel, never speaking of a cent
cent of wages for Mr. Moody's work.
Who bears this ' loss? No sane man
believes that Mr. Moodv does. ' What
then is the inevitable conclusion if it be
not that the company carries this wheat
for nothing so as to prevent the Regu
lator from getting ft. And why too does
wheat bring 4o cents a bushel more at
Rockland where- the Regulator can re
ceive it with convenience than in The
. Dalles where - ehe is not so situated?
. It is therefore plain as sunlight that the
Union Pacific is using a man who has
made every dollar he owns from the far
mers and producers of this county, to
crush the system that has been estab
lished for their relief and no amount of
hard names and ungentlemanly allus
ions from one whose newspaper exper
lence ouebt to nave taught mm
better will change these facts or remove
the odium of criminal silence regarding
them or a not less criminal apology for
their perpetrators. -, J
Mexico Will Remove the Duty on Corn
Seven Persons Killed in a Rail
road Collision.
often that one can scarcely lie blamed
for suspecting that the company con
nives at it by an arrangement with the
expressmen. As far as the purchasing
of wheat at this place is concerned the
only "Dalles paper'' that has dared to j St. Louis, Oct. 27. A dispatch from
speak of it is the Chuonici.e and it is Guthrie, O. T., giving further partic
free to say that as far as the "exact ! ulars of the prairie fires, says: "In the
proposition" that the Union Pacific is I Iowa reservation where grass is heavy,
buying wheat is concerned it believes ! the damage is great. The district
that Moody is buying the wheat -and j burned is ten miles wide and fifty miles
getting free or practically free transpo.-! long. It is reported-here that several
Another Good Man Gone Wronjr. j
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 20. A dispatch 1
from San Buren, Ark., says that Colonel I
Weaver, who obtained large sums of j
money received by him from the settlers j
for land bought from the Little Rock &
Fort Smith railroad, has disappeared
j and there is no clue to his whereabouts.
The Pan-American Pailway Incorpora
ted He was Forced to Become a
. Robber The Mill Exploded.
tation. Whatever Mr. Moody may be
he is neither a fool nor a philanthropist
and no man outside a lunatic asylum
would pay within from two to five cents
of the Portland price on wheat and then
ship it there at a cost of 10 2-5 cents a
bushel, which is the company's rate by
rail. If Mr. Moody paid the company's
rates his loss would average fully five
cents a bushel. The gentleman on "the
inside" who says that . the cause of
Moody's advantage is that the railroad
company ferries bis wheat across the
river at The Dalles for nothing" did not
know what he was talking about. The
price Moody pays at North Dalles is
about five cents a bushel more than he
pays on the Oregon side. Tugging a
loaded scow across is nothing, but the
extra handling in transferring the grafn
to the cars involves ah additional ex
pense of perhaps fifty cents a ton that
somebody must pay. If the Baker took
the grain, from the landing on the
Washington side no ferriage would ' be
needed and only one handling but' ehe
don't. Moody Bhips his wheat by Jthe
cars, the more . expensive method. It
matters nothing to us who foots the
bills. We only "know that somebody
mutt foot them and that Moody is the
Benedict Arnold who- has traitorously
sold himself to the Union Pacific to
crush the peoples' line of boats.
Santiago, Oct. 28. Minister Egan
has received a reply from the minister
nf fnrfi,n wfTnira rif flirt nmt'iolnnnl
Ilia : 1 I v"v
.w -..Bc ,., rupuwu ll ue very nv(.rn,pnf Sonnr
The Union Pacific is sowing the wind
and it will reap the whirlwind by and
by. It is contesting in the courts, with
all its might the rates fixed by the rail
road confmission, which that -body de
clares to be just and equitable. Here it
has charged a robber tariff between this
city and Portland ever' since it owned
the road. It has openly defied the law,
as many believe, in the matter of charg
ing double rates between this city and
Portlaud, on all goods shipped from the
east.- Last winter it tied up the Baker
during a period of some six months
and left the people on the Washington
side without anv communication with
the outer world except by skirt's, and
now when the people have put on a line
of boats of their own as a simple meas
ure of necessity, every effort that a
greedy, soulless and conscienceless cor
poration can devise will be resorted to
crush them. Bnt this cannot last al
ways. The people are sick and tired of
railroad oppression and railroad control,
and we shall miss our guess exceedingly
if the next legislature is not composed
of a set of men who will not be afraid to
stand in with the people as against the
railroads. One thing is dead certain, at
the next election over this way,f we wont
have any use for any one who wears -a
railroad collar, no matter what party
nominates him.
persons have perished. Another fire
started in the rank grass along the j
Cimarron river, thirty miles northwest !
of here, Saturday night and burned fifty
farm honses and a great deal of stock.
A number of people are missing and
it is almost certain that some died in
the flames. The villaee of Cimarron
was completely wiped out, and many of
the inhabitants badly burned They
saved their lives by jumping into the
river. The mail carried from Mulhall
was caught and totally burned. The re
ports from the burnt districts are very
meagre, but tho damage is well up to
$100,01)0
large, um ni una ume no accounts can
be had. Many farmers who bought land
hold Weaver's receipts for money paid
him. Weaver was superintendent of
the Methodist Sunday school, a temper
ance lecturer and editor of the Graphic.
He left behind a wife and two sons.
A Severe Cyclone in Ohio.
Co.v.neact, Ohio. Oct. 27. At 6:30
last evening a terrible cyclone swept
over the town destroying about 30
houses. The streets are blockoded by
trees and debris from the demolished
buildings.
A large butler tub factory, owned by
G. J. Record was badly wrecked
Thousands of dollars worth of stock be
ing completely destroyed.
Reco-d's loss is about $50,000. The
planing mill of H. E. Pond adjoining
Records,, was greatly damaged, his lum
ber vard is strewn all over town, and
two smoke stacks blown down.
Many fine residences suffered heavily
roofs being torn off and windows broken
The telegraph Jines of the Lake Shore
and nickel plate railway are down
Two telegraph poles which were blown
down went through the roof of the Lake
Shore depot and the baggage room, is
completely destroyed. The debris from
buildings is strewn along the track ren
dei ing it impassable for moving trains
Total loss is about $100,000.
Not Allowed to Help the Poor.
London, Oct. 27. The DaiJy Xetct
this morning has a dispatch from St
Petersburg which says the minister of
the interior in declining the proposition
of deputation of rich Moscow merchants
to form a society for the relief of the
victims of the famine-strieken districts,
declared that any body attempting to
visit the districts for any such object
would be arrested. This is supposed to
be due to the fact that reliance on gov
ernment relief will have a bad moral ef
fect on the peasants, who would decline
to work on the relief railway roads, etc,
WHO. IS
. The editor of
way a
THE 3fANf
the Aslorian passed up
this way a few days ago on a visit to
- Spokane. From an interesting account
of the trip which appeared in the col-
' urns of his paper we extract the follow
- ing. - Alter speaking ol the well-known
moving mountain and the locks now in
course of construction the writer says :
But there is something at these locks
more interesting to Astorians than any
mountain, moving or stationary. 1 1 is a
line of boats put on bv The Dalles, Port
land & Astoria Navigation Lo.upany.
This company has built a steamboat,
the Regulator, which runs between The
Dalles and the Cascades.. It carries
freight and passengers, which at the
Cascades are transferred over a portage
road, just built, and operated by the
stato, to another boat. The Dalles City,
which runa from below the Cascades to
Portlaud. The Union Pacific Company
had the. D. S. Baker cn between The
Dalles and the Cascades and the Lur-
hne from the Cascades to Portland.
. Men on the train said the opposition
was a success, the new line had put fares
and freights away down, and were doing
a good business and making money, and
while the train stopped at the-station
-the Regulator came along, her deck filled
. with passengers, while behind came the
company's boat with scarcely anyone
aboard.
One resident of The Dalles in talking
about the situation to the writer said :
"We're all right.. The U. P. hasn't
got a cinch on ns any more. We can
save money now that we formerly paid
for freight; the opposition boat is a big
tbiDg for The Dalies, and for the whole
river: you folks at Astoria ought to
stand in with us." . , '.
"Is this permanent?" was asked.
"Tes, dt course it is,", was the reply of
The Dalles resident, who banded the
writer his business card. "The only
trouble may be in some folks selling ont.
Ti 1 .1 1 .L 1 wt tru . . 1
xii wuuiu ue tturm ri,uuu,uuu iu tue com
pany to just buy off two or three men.
If I had a chance and the company were
to offer me $25,000 to throw the thing,
you cen aao it.
We looked at his card, and told him
- If the Cnnoxici.K, in the goodness of
"its heart, asks the people living in the
counties east of as to be sure when go
ing west to buy their ' tickets to " The
Dalles and then go down on the Baker
for fifty cents and thus save $510 on the
round trip it is not because it thinks
any Eastern Oregon man who has a bit
of manhood in him, and who wants to
see the country prosper , should ride on
that boat. Of oonrse he ought to go by
the Regulator even if it does cost more,
But there are travelers, . who have no
particular interest in Eastern Oregon or
in an open river, whose only considera
tion is the question of cheapness. To
them we sav by all means adopt the
course suggested because in doing so you
help the friends of an open river while
you put money in your own pocket.
When the Union Pacific finds I that it
costs them $5.10 to carry a passenger
from the counties east of Wasco to Port
land and return, they may come to the
conclusion that to maintain the opposi
tion is rather an expensive luxury.
When General Manager Clark . says:
"I know the Baker is running at a loss,
but the people of The Dalles want it and
we must keep it up" he says what is not
true. -There are not two families in The
DBlIes, tside the company's employes
who want it. That time is past and
gone. Inere is only one sentiment bere
and that is in favor of the Regulator. It
is the rankest hypocrisy to intimate that
the Baker is kept on the river to accom
modate anybody.' "The company has ex
perienced a remarkable change of heart
since last winter and spring when they
tied the boat up for six months, at a
time when the people on the Washing
ton side had no other means of transportation,
Will Remove the .Duty on CornirezI
cana Starving to Death.
i St. Locis, Oct. 27. A special from
Mexico states there is a well founded
rumor that the dutv on corn will at
once be removed owing to the shortness
of crops and the famine prevailing in the
several states of the republic.
The reports from the flooded districts
of Chiapse state that hundreds of people
are on the verge of starvation. The
governor of Guana Juta, prohibited the
export of corn from the state and other
governers will soon follow bis example,
Seven Person Killed in Railroad
- Collision.
Olkswood, Minn., vet. 27. A rear
end collfsion occurred last night at
Thompson station, eight miles east of
here, between the regular west hound
freight and an extra, following the reg
ular train, killing five persons and ser
iously wounding seven others. It is re
ported the company has caused the ar
rest of Conductor Woodson and Engineer
Smith of the extra, as the blame ap
pears to rest with them.
Executing Their Opponents.
New York, Oct. 27. A letter from
IquiqueCblli, dated September J6th,
says: "lue reports which nave been
received here from the south state that
a large number of executions have oc
curred in Santiago and Valparaiso in
the last few weeks, the victims being
people who. were particularly active in
their opposition to the revolutionists,
but none of them were persons of any
special prominence."
Tllden's Will Declared Void.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 27. The court of
appeals has decided Tilden's will void
Under the statute of destribufion that
regulates the inheritance of property.
The issue of Mrs. Pelton and Henry A.
Tilden, sister and ; brother of Governor
Tilden, come in f6r an equal share of
$800,000, Mrs. Wm. ' B. Haxard is
the only heir on the Pelton side, and
thus is entitled to 400,000. The other
$400,000 is subject to the claims of six
children of Henry A. Tilden.
to a newspaper man. '
"HellJ' said he emphatically, "I
didn't know yovt were a newspaper man.
Don't give me away." "
- This is given here as an illustration of
human nature all over. It shows just
what The Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation company have to fear. This
fellow who is in business at The Dalles,
would sell out the town if he could, and
play into the hands of the corporation.
The opposition charges $2 to Portland ;
the U. P. Company charges $3.55.
(Since our return to Astoria wont comes
The Cbboxiclb has given space for
the letter of "subscriber" simply in the
spirit of fair play. The Chronicle . was
started to be the vehicle of public opin
ion for all who choose to deal in matters
of public interest. At the same it is free
to say that it is in favor of a portage
road on the Oregon side, first, last and
all the time. Still, if we cannot get that
and a road is built in Washington what
are we that we should fight It? Such a
road cannot possibly hurt The Dalles
any more than a, town and factoriei on
the other side the river. , If we cannot
get the moon give us a good healthy
star; still we would rather have the
moon and-will do everything in onr
that the U. P. company has cut the rate ! lower to get it.
way down, now charging only 50 cents, j South Australia refuses to take part
Wufff) t3"W' 8 " eV,de,lt,' Mn tho world's fair unless tho duties on
Business men-at The Dalles and else:' wooJ are abolished. Then it is very
where along the river assert, positively: ' "kely South Australia will have to stay
h.i ikon .:u t i, at hoinp.
and give' it all their business, The Reg-; '
ulator shows what could be done whh : - The officers of the Louisiana lottery
n open river, a matter in wliK-n no ; ndle have been indicted bv the Un
. After the Jews..
Vienna, Oct. 29. Dispatches from
Russia tell of anti-Jewish riots in vari
ous places. In Thernigoff fifty Jews
were killed and 100 were wounded. The
forests are full of Jewish refugees, dying
of starvation. The czar has sent a com:
mission to inquire as to the facts.
penten Connection Wl(h (he Lottery.
St. Locis, Oct. 27 Jn an interview,
General Beauregard states that beyoud
seeing that tho monthly drawings are
honestly conducted, he has no connec
tion with the Louisiana lottery company.
Mr. I'aruoll Better,
London, Oct. 27. The hoalth of Mrs,
Pamell, widow of Charles Stewart Par
nell, now shows some slight signs of im
provement. She Is able to partake pf
food.
FLOODS AND RIOTS.
The Element and the People Doth Seem
to be at War.
Ponglble Aetlou 1y Rnxtia.
Berlin, Oct. 20. The kaiser, it is said,
has ordered all matters connected with
the Jewish exodus from Russia, so far
as affects Germany, to be gathered un
der the direction of Chancellor Caprivi
and made the subject of a special report
to the kaiser,' who probably intends to
take some action on the subject during
til; luujuitt . ecsaiujl Ul tile I ddlntog.
The Jewish committees in Berlin', Ham
burg and other 'places are more actively
engaged than ever in forwarding the
refugees, mostly to the United States.
Trying: to Snppreas Monte Carlo.
Paris, Oct. 26. A letter from Monaco
says that, owing to the strong influence
being brought to bear for the closing of
the gambling establishment at Monte
Carlo, the proprietor Blanc, has sent a
proposition to the little republic of San
Marindo for his removal there should he
be compelled to leave Monaco. Not
withstanding the pressure brought to
bear by President Carnot, it is not be
lieved that ' Blanc will be obliged to
move, as the loss of revenue would be
disastrous to the reigning prince of
Monaco.
A Stage Robber Confeeaes.
Redding, Cal., Oct. 26. As predicted,
the boy arrested for robbing the Redding
and Weaverville stage last Monday
night made a full confession this morn
ing to detective Thacker and Under
Sheriff Ross. He , then took them to
where . Wells, . Fargo & Co.'s box and
where the guns were thrown into the
river. The box was found about a mile
from the scene of the robbery with -all
the waybills and letters untouched.
The man arrested at the same time for
the same offense still main tains his. innocence.
Robbed and M ordered.
Fort WoBTn, Tex., Oct. 26. Martin
Mooney. a Fort Worth & Rio Grande
employe, was found hanging to a liirrtri
of a tree in the outskirts of the city this
morning. Mooney had just been paid
$178. The supposition is that he was
drugged and robbed, died from the ef
fects of the drug, and was placed where
found to convey the impression that it
was a case oi suicide. The body bore
none of the marks usual in case of death
from strangulation, and the feet touched
the ground. '
Coal Miners on a Strike.
London, Oct. 26. In Staffordshire
and Worcestershire today about 8000
miners struck against a reduction of ten
per cent, made in their wages. Engin
eers employed about Tyne and Weir
have decided to stop work Saturday
next, owing to a dispute between them
selves and their employers as to the
question of "pay for over time." Should
the engineers earrv ont their determina
tion, about 30,000 persons will be thrown
out ot employment.
The Court in Prejudiced.
San Francisco, Oct. 26. Counsel for
Charles Schmidt, who is being tried for
burglary, and who has figured promi
nently in the Bell murder case, moved
for a change of venue today, on the
ground the court and district attorney
were prejudiced against defendant, be
cause of letters to the district attorney,
which were read in court Saturday.
Judge Troutt denied the motion and the
work ot empaneling a jury began.
Prance and the Pope.
Rome, Oct. 29. It is said that the
prosecution of the archbishop of Aix by
the French government has made a
great change in the attitude of the pope
toward the French republic, The pope
has shown by his letter to the archbishop
thet he sympathizes with the latter in
his difficulties, and it is thought not un
likely that the pope will emphasize his
approval of the archbishop's conduct bv
creating him a cardinal.
. She Died for Love.
St. Maey's, W. Va., Oct. 26. Daisy
Lee, a beautiful 17ryear-old girl, com
mitted suicide here today. She had
been reproved by her lather on account
of a young man who was paying his at
tention, and her brother also upbraided
ner. tne sent to a drug store, secured
dose of poison and was found half an
hour later in her death agony.
They Want the' Statistics.
London, Oct, eO. Lord Knutsford,
secretary of state for the colonial depart
ment, has asked the governments of the
Austrian colonies to supply the Cana
dian governwent with statistical reports
in regard to the decline of the fur seal
fisheries of the southern hemisphere,
These statistics are wanted for use by
the isntisn.
Matt, in which he
sends a safe conduct to the refugees in
the American legation, and under pro
test recognizes the precedents quoted
by Minister Egan, in which the Chilian
government claimed similar rights for
refugees in Peru, and acknowledges
claim of extra territoriality. The Junta
is greatly stirred up oyer the recent
dispatches from the United States gov
ernment on the question of the outra
geous assault upon the sailors from the
Baltimore, in the strests of Valparaiso,
on October 16th. The subject is of such
grave importance that it requires ear
nest deliberation before any -definite
reply can be given. A letter published
in the newspapers has created a
vast amount of, heated discus
sion. It is signed by Augnstine
Edwards, a well-known banker, and
Edwards Matte, and vindicates Minis
ter Egan from continued - and severe
criticisms that have been passed upon
the conduct of his office by the various
bitter adherents of the Junta. The let
ter has caused a great deal of criticism.
Xt Was for Campaign Purposes.
Pittsburg, Oct. 28. A Rochester,
Pennsylvania, .special says: "Senator
Quay was called on at his home in Bea
ver early this morning and questioned
as to tho certificate of deposit for $8,877
from the Keyetone bank, to Beardsley,
made payable by him to Senator Quay
through the Beaver deposit bank, No
vember 29, 1891."
He said his recollections of the details
of the transaction are rather indistinct,
but he is satisfied that the date of the
certificate given in the circular was a
forgery. He said: "In October, not
November, IS89, 1 gave a note to a gen
tleman representing the republican city
committee of Philadelphia, for $9)00,
upon which to raise that amount of
money for the campaign that year.
Of what was done with it " I know
nothing personally except that alter
wards the note was returned to me can
celled, paid, as I understand, by the
republican state committee. Beardsley 's
draft was for the amount of the note
less the discount. .
Hard on the Referee. ,
New York, Oct. 28. A kid gloj-e fight
to the finest occurred early this morn
ing near Danbury, Conn., between Jack
Bates, of Ohio, and Joe Daley, of New
York. The .fight was a brutal one.
Daley, who commenced foul fighting got
the worst of his own style of pugilism.
In the eighth round Daley smashed Con
Mocauliffe, referee, in the face and dove
out through the ropes like an arrow,
and. there was nothing else left for Moc
auliffe to do but to give the victory to
Bates.
They Don't Like Egnn.
New York, Oct. 2S. A Washington
special says: "Senor Montt, the Chilian
envoy here called on" Secretary -Blaine
and had a long talk concerning the as
sault upon American sailors in Val
paraiso. Senor Montt charged that
Minister Egan is really responsible for
all the trouble existing between Chili
and the United States. During the war
he played the part of a spy for Balma-
ceda. '
The Pan-American Railway.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 28. The charter
of the Pan-American Railway company
has been filed here. The line is to run
240 miles, from Victoria to Brownsville,
on the Rio Grande. The proposed capi
tal is three million dollars. This is sup
posed to be the inception of a big enter
prise to extend the road eventually
through Mexico into South America.
""lu'iiie Ciiii iSii "trstue, tiiat the present
; situation is an exceedingly grave one. j
The Evening Sum, says : "But little hna-
iness is transacted by shipping men, j
and by those interested in the Chilian sit- !
: nation, it was this morning the whole;
, topic of conversation and speculation ns J
; to what this country would dp in thej
: event of the war with Chili. The most I
; of thein are inclined to scoff at the idea '
; of her going in face of the United States, j
j but the feeling prevails widely that the !
Chilians are ready to fight. .Several I
prominent down town business firms j
who have commercial relation with
Chili, were called upon this morning
with a view of ascertaining their feeling
with respect to a possible outbreak of
hostilities between the United States
and Chilr. -"We have received no ad
vices whatever from our corresponpents
in Valparaiso in regard to this affair,"
said Charles R. Flint, "and so long as
the matter is of diplomatic negotiations
I do not think any serious consequences
need be apprehended." At the office of
Grail & Co., it was said, the trouble
would no doubt be settled in a few days.
Nothing; 'ew From Chill.
Washington, Oct. 29. There is little
or no excitement in official circles here
this morning over the Santiago press
cablegram announcing the receipt by
the minister of an unsatisfactoty re
sponse from the Junta's representation
of the United States, and saying that
the Baltimore's crew are practically
boycotted at Valparaiso. The naval
officials discredited the latter statements
and believe its foundation lies in the
prudent course adopted by Commodore
Schley respecting the granting of liberty
to its sailors during the present condi
tion of excitement. No word has been
received at the naval department from
the commodore reporting any new phase
in the situation. A cipher cablegram
from Minister Egan was received this
morning at the state department, but its
contents were not made known.
The Great Northern's Scheme.
St. Paul, Oct. 29. The secret of the
organization of the Spokane & Southern
railway of the state tf Washington is
out. It is given out that the purpose of
the line is to make a gr. at loop for the
Great Northern Pacific line. It will run
from Portland over the Cascades along
the north bank of the Columbia river,
until it reaches the mouth of the Snake
river, and continue along the north bank
of the Snake river to Alinont, and thence
north to Spokane. The articles ot incor
poration provide for the building of the
road from Spokane to the Snake river
which will make a loop for the Great
Northern froni Spokane, via Seattle,
Portland and Almont, and back to
Spokane.
Rushing; the Cruisers to Completion.
New York, Oct. 29. Every body is
busy at the Brooklyn navy yard, all
possible haste is being made on the part
of the Brooklyn navy yard officials to
place the Atlanta. Bennington, Concord,
Philadelphia, Chicago and Petrel, six
cruisers, in a sea going condition. As
nothing tangible is known ns to the ex
act determination of tho government in
regard to the Chilian matters. ,
' A Farmers' Alliance Fight.
. Chicago, Oct. 29. A Little Rock
special says news was received there of
a terrible encounter at the farmers' al
liance meeting at Buck's last night. In
a quarrel between spectators, rifles, shot
guns and pjstols were used with deadly
effect. Burt Manning, J. H. Town and
three others whose names are not known
were killed, and several others were
slightly wounded. Politics was the sole
cause of the trouble. -
More War New from South America
St. Locis, Oct. 29. A dispatch from
the City of Mexico says: "There is a
rumor of an engagement on the frontier
of Guatamala and Salvador, between the
Salvadorian refugees and the Salvador-
ian troops, and the former were defeated.
Nothing could bo heard of the fight. at
the Salvadorian legation, where the
rumor is not believed.
community is more strongly interested ; ited fetates government.
fjian is Astoria. . , correct.
MAufein, Oct. 26. A telegram from
Preeminently Merida, a province tf Badnjos, snys the
floods in that locality continues, Hie
Reason for the Hard Times.
London, Oct. 26. At the quarterly
meeting today of the Manchester Cham
ber of Commerce the president said
trade was still depressed, and that the
latest returns received were unsatisfac
tory. The president blamed the Mc
kinley bill. Baring Brothers and the
South American troubles for the state of
affairs complained of.
The Michigan Not Badly Damaged.
Washington, Oct. 26.-Ap official re
port received at the nayy department
from Mare island navy-yard states the
injury sustained ' by the Michigan, in
thp bursting pf he? outboard delivery
pipe, can be easily repaired and the ves
sel made ready for sea spryice. ..This
will be done immediately,
Keeping the Starving n Order?
St. Peterkbubo, Oct. 2fi. Two regi
ments of Infantry and one of cavalry
have beou ordered to the famine dis
Iricts to assist tho authorities in ire
serving order.
Portland Wheat Market.
Portland, Oct. 29. Wheat, Valley,
.50(ftl.52; Walla Walla, 1.40(3.1.42.
Forced to Become a Robber.
Sax Antonio, Texas, Oct. 28. James
Lansford, one of the men arrested upon
charge of being Implicated in ' the
Southern Pacific train robbery, confessed
his guilt. He claims to have, been
forced into joining Fields, Flint and
Weldington, the other robbers,- by
threats upon his life.
A Powder Mill Goes on.
Youngbtown, Ohio, Oct. 28. This
morning the glaze mill of the Ohio pow
der works, located four miles north of
the city exploded, killing two men, Jos
eph Maags and Ben Sonians, and com
pletely destroying the mills, The muti
lated remains of tho merK are scattered
over a ten acre, field.
The Irish Enjoying Themselves.
Cork, Oct. 29. The fighting which
took place between the McCarthyites
and Parnelites last night in the streets
of this city was more serious than it was
first reported. There was a series of
scrim ages between the centending par
ties, the most severe being one in which
Dillon was disabled and the Parnelite
forces routed. Many on both sides be
ing injured. -
The Drycst Weather Ever Known.
. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 29. The
present spell of dry weather is one of
the longest ever experienced in this sec
tion. The streams are drying up and
the railroads find it very troublesome to
secure water necessary to run the trains.
The employes along the line are all sup
plied with water from this city, every
passenger train carrying barrels full.
Destroyed by Fire.
English, Ind., Oct. 28. A serious fire
is raging along the Louisville and St,
Louis railroad in the southern part of
this state. Acres of wood, entire fields
of corn and many farm houses and out
buildings have been destroyed.
' A Steamer Burned.
St. Locis, Oct. 29. A private dispatch
just received here Bays:. "The steamer
Oliver Byrne was burned at Milwaukee
Bend, twelve miles from Vick6burg. this
morning. Twelve lives arc reported
lost.
OUR PRICES.
DRESS GOODS.
BLACK.
Heurietta Silk Wrap reduced from .$1.50 to $1.15
" all wool, silk finished, reduced from 1.25 to 95
Crepon Cloth 1.25 to 90
Georgia Cloth 1.25 to 90
Fregona Cloth 1.10 to 90
Cashmere, all wool 90 to 65
Ladies' Cloth, 54 inches wide, reduced from 90 to 75
COLORED.
Habit Cloth, 54 inches wide, reduced from. . 90 to 75
" 36 " " " 50 to 39
Heatherby Fancy Suitings, 54 inches wide,
reduced from 1.00 to ' 80
Henrietta, all wool, reduced from 1.00 to 80'
' " " 60 to 45
Cashmere, all wool, reduced from 90 to 65
Fancy Plaid Sui Lings, 34 inches wide, reduced
from 30 to 20
SILKS.
Rhadame, black, reduced from 2.00 to 1.40
Gros Grain, black, reduced from... 1.50 to 1.20
Trimming Silks, reduced from. . 1.35 to 1.00
Surah, all shades, reduced from 90 to 70
DOMESTICS.
UNBLEACHED.
National Sheeting, per yard . . $ .03
Aurora Sheeting, "" . . .05
L. L ., .06
Cabot V .. ... .063 .
Full Yard Wide - .07
BLEACHED.
Chapman X .07
Gold Metal .08.
Barker '. . .09
Fruit of the Lorin 09
Lonsdale Cambric .12
Berkeley Cam Dric, 50 pards . ... .12
DOUBLE WIDE SHEETOTGS.
BLEACHED.
10-4 wide '. ; 263
9- 4 wide .24 j .
8- 4 wide : . .22
6-4 wide :. .17)
5- 4 wide - .14
-UNBLEACHED.
10- 4 wide .26J
9- 4 wide .-. . : ; . . . .24)4
8-4 wide , 18
6- 4 wide ....... 16)4
BLANKETS.
Grey, 3 point, 6 pound . . $3.25"'
" . 4 point, 7 pounds : 4.25.
" Oregon City Mills ;'' 4.60-
OREGON CITY MILLS.
Scarlet and Navy Blue, Oregon City Mills 4.2.5-
Moule, 12-4, best quality; Brownsville Mills. . . : . 6.45
COMFORTS. .
We have on the wav from the east, 'now over .
due, a number of bales of Comforts that will be sold .
' on arrival at prices to correspond with the balance
of our stock.
YARNS.
German Yarn, black and white, per skein. . .". $ .15
German Yarn, high colors, per skein. .:. ;.t .20
Germantown, per skein . . .. .' .I674
Spanish Worsted, per skein 16
Saxony, domestic, per skein .08)4
Saxony, imported, per skein. ; . . .10
Shetland, per skein 10 -
Fairy Gloss .12X
Coral Yarn, per skein , ..." .16
Starlight : . . .30
Zephyr, four fold, per ounce ,. .05
OIL CLOTH. .
Best Quality Table Oil Cloth, 5-4 wide, per yard.. .20
Best Quality Shelf Oil Cloth, per yard. ., ; . .07)j
UNDERWEAR,
' ;- Z LADIES. - '
Scarlet, all wool, reduced from. $1.50 to $ .95 .
S Natural Grey, all wool, reduced from 1.25 to .90
White Australian, reduced from 1.50 to .90.
Ribbed, White and Natural Grev, reduced -
from 2.00 to 1.20V
White Merino, reduced from .50 te .40
MENS.. -
Ribbed, extra quality, reduced from. . . . 2.50 to 2.(H .'
Natural Grey, all wool, reduced from . . . 2.00 to 1.4ft
Natural Grey, all wool, . " " . . . . 1.25 to Utt
Grey Mixed, all wool, " " . .....1 1.25 to. Sfj
Scarlet, reduced from. 1.50 to. . -'.90
. Grey Merino, reduced from ........ . , ,50 to .39
' - CORSETS.
Gilt Edge, reduced from ; .75 to .50 '
Health, reduced from. ..... J&, to .95
No. 610, reduced from .." 1,50 to 1 25
- No. 339. " " -v.. 1.50 to ..95
No. 660, " " 2.50 to 2.00
No.627, " " 3.00to'2.25
"thread- v
Clark'sO. N;T.Spool Cotton, perdozen...- $ .45
- Marshall's and Barbour's Linen Thread, per spool ... .06
Cutter's Sewing Silk, per spool , . .08
Cutter's Button Hole Trwist, per spool 04
Knitting Silk, per spool .30
Little Giant School Shoes.
Sizes 5 to 7., heel and spring heel .95 .
Sizes 8 to 10) ;. . 1.15 "
- Sizes 11 to 2 ..... 1.45'
NOTIONS.
Pins ...... $ MX
Hairpins, papers .03
Pins, Eagle, best made .05
Hairpins, boxes, assorted sizes , 05
Needles ; .03
Thimbles ,. ; .02
Goff'g Braid .05
We have had time to place only a few of our prices?
before you in this issue. We hope however sufficient to.
- convince you, that, our sale is as advertised. . A genuine
closing out sale.
HBLP
rail
Another Boat for the United States.
Baltimore, Oct. 28. At three o'clock
this afternoon the new steel cruiser
"Detroit" was successfully launched in
the presence of a largo crowd of people.
Caught in the Flames.
New York, Oct. 28. la the fire which
this afternoon destroyed a building at
500 Ful ton street it is thought that eev-
eral persons perished; ,
A I.oof anfl Shoe FJmi Retires.
Bostost, Qct, 28. Robert H- Kemp
and J. H. Coughleu, boot and shoe deal
ers, have assisned, " '
Elected Without Opposition. '
DcBLix, Oct. 29. Patrick McDermott,
the McCartbyite candidate, was elected
without opposition to a seat in the com
mons, left vacant by the death of John
Pope Hennessy. .
Thirty Men Killed.
Ixjxnox, Oct, 28. Additional advices
are received here from Tunis to show
that thirty natives were buried by the
collapso of a large wall undermined by
recent floods, and all perishedi
SINGER AIF'G. CO.
Have established a Branch Qfioe with
MRS: PHILLIPS,
ex rr
TRD STREET. ,
SEWING MACflfXES, OILS, NEEDLES, SPECIALS, ETC., ETC
DALLES, -
OREQOlsr.
Indicted the Lottery Officer.
Boston; Oct, 27, The grand Jury of i started
the United States district court of this
district, today indicted the officers of ;
the Louisiana lotterv, for jl'Pgfillj' using J
A Had Fenny Always Keturns.
fcUs Fbaxcisco, Oct. 29. Jobu L.
Sullivan and party returned here today
on the steamship Alameda from Sidney.
' The Waters Reeedlng.
Loxnox, Oct. 29, The waters uf the
j Th:imes rjver are subsiding, A fund for !
the relief of flood sufferers has been
Has
Weather Forecast. .
Fuaxci8co, Oct. 28. Forecast
the nin!!,
NO NEWS
AT
WASHINGTON.
for Oregon and" Washington : General
'rains, except scattering showers in
I Southeastern Oregon.
EW m M WIJITEB DBY GOODS
COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Glothing, Gents' Famishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,.
Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers.
Little or No Excitement Prevail In Offi
cial Circles The Great North
ern Scheme.
New York, Oc t. 29. It is generally
8cknowledged by merchants interested
Chicago Wheat Market.
Cnic-AGO, October 29. Close, wheat,
steady ; cash, .943a; December, ' ;
Mav, 1.03.
Cash Bayers mill save money by examining ogp stock:
and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
H. Herbring.